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The following pieces are recommended for chamber ensembles. Use them for exhibition or competition. Intersperse ensembles between major numbers at your concerts too! Let your students show off a bit while the stage is re-chaired for another band, etc. All selections have a an audio preview available, as well as a sample page from the score for reference. Use the PREVIEW button to see the score page and hear the audio.

Please note that all preview pages for chamber music will show the clarinet version except if no clarinet version exists; however all instrumentations are available as listed for each piece. Custom Arranging is now available for chamber ensembles.

Beethoven Trio in Bb - Opus 11 "Gassenhauer Trio" (Second movement)
Beethoven Trio in Bb - Opus 11 "Gassenhauer Trio" (Third movement)
March from Siguard Jorsalfar
Canzon Seconda
Var. on La Follia
Four Intradas
The Intradas of Pezel
Suite from the Danserye
Three Intradas
Reverie & Serenade
Elves' Dance
Notturno
Funeral March and Canzona
Waltz
Allegretto
Moderato

March from Siguard Jorsalfar - Grieg

Length: 2:50
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Available as a:

Woodwind Quintet ( flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon )

The March from Siguard Jorsalfar is a great piece for woodwind quintet. All the parts are important as the melody moves around the group. With Grieg's wonderful melodic phrases and romantic harmonies, audience and performers alike will enjoy this exciting music.

Price: $8.00

Canzon Seconda - Gabrielli

Length: 3:20
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Available as a:

Brass Quintet (2 trumpets, 2 trombones (or 1 horn and 1 baritone)
Saxophone Quartet (2 altos, 1 tenor, 1 baritone sax)

The Canzon Seconda is one of Gabrielli's crowning jewels for four instruments. This version is very flexible. While it is scored for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones, a horn can be used for the first trombone, and a baritone for the second one. It can also use a tuba in place of the second trombone giving you a quartet that can be used year after year with slightly different instrumentation. A version is also available for a sax quartet in the same key, so the parts can be mixed.

Price: $8.00

Variations on La Follia - Vivaldi

Length: 7:15
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM-DIFFICULT Available as a:

Flute Trio (2 flutes and alto or bass flute)
Clarinet Trio (2 clarinets and bass clarinet)
Brass Trio 1 (2 trumpets and baritone or trombone)
Brass Trio 2 (2 horns and trombone)

La Follia is a piece that many composers have written variations on in the past four centuries. The Variations on 'La Follia' are Vivaldi's version for this most famous melody. They were written in 1705, just four years after Corelli's famous set. Although the piece is long, only about half of the total piece is used here. Because each variation is complete in itself, some may be left out to shorten the piece or if too difficult for the performers. All versions are MD or grade 4 in difficulty.

Price: $8.00

Four Intradas - Pezel

Length: 4:20
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM-DIFFICULT Available as a:

Brass Quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trb./bar., tuba)
with optional percussion...

Here are the last four of the ten Intradas of Pezel. They are a little harder and faster, but great music for your advanced students. The pieces contain a lot of interplay between the homophonic and polyphonic styles.

Price: $8.00

The Intradas of Pezel - Pezel

Length: 4:00
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Available as a:

Brass Quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trb./bar., tuba)
with optional percussion...

Three more of the exciting Intradas Pezel composed for five instruments. In these contrapuntal pieces, all the parts are important when playing together or in groups of two or three imitating each other. They are great for teaching students to read rhythms independently since often the parts are rhythmically different.

Price: $8.00

Suite from the Danserye - Susato

Length: 8:01
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Available in 2 instrumentations:

Brass Quartet (2 trumpets, horn, trb./bar. or tuba 8va)
Woodwind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon)

From Tielman Susato's set of instrumental dances, published in 1551, comes a suite using seven of the pieces. This exciting music not only introduces young musicians to the music of the Renaissance, but exposes them to the varied flavors of the musical modes used at the time.

Price: $8.00

Three Intradas - Pezel

Length: 5:23
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Medium Instrumentation:

Brass Quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone / baritone, tuba)

Johann Pezel was a town musician, trumpet player and composer of many pieces for brass players. Three of his interesting Intradas are arranged for modern instruments with an optional drum part, much as it might have been performed for the people of the town.

Price: $8.00

Reverie & Serenade -- Borodin

Length: 4:00
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Available in 2 instrumentations:

Brass Quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trb./bar. & tuba)
Brass Sextet (2 trumpets, horn, 2 trb./bar. & tuba)

This piece is a great addition to the brass literature. The Reverie is slow and should be played very expressively, while the Serenade is dance-like in triple meter with the accent on the second beat.

Price: $8.00

Elves' Dance -- Grieg

Length: 1:45
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Medium-Easy Instrumentation:

Woodwind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon)

This spirited little dance from the Lyric pieces is a great opener or filler for any performance. The parts are easy, except the flute, which is medium-easy.

Price: $8.00

Notturno -- Grieg

Length: 3:30
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Medium (Flute is Medium-to-Difficult) Instrumentation:

Woodwind Quintet -- Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon

This beautiful mood piece has a lyric duple melody over a triplet accompaniment. Lovely birdcalls add a fresh contrast to the melody.

Price: $8.00

Funeral March and Canzona -- Purcell

Length: 3:15
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Medium-Easy (woodwinds) -- Medium (brass) Available in 3 instrumentations:

Clarinet Quartet (Clarinet 1, 2, 3 or Alto, Bass)
Saxophone Quartet (Alto1, 2, Tenor, Baritone)
Brass Quartet (Trumpet 1, 2, Trb. 1 or Horn, Trb. 2 or Bar.)

When Queen Mary II died on December 28, 1694, Purcell wrote a set of pieces for the royal funeral held early the following year. The march is unusual because of the three bar phrases. The Canzona is an early form of the fugue and will introduce students to the contrapuntal style in an easy and interesting piece.

Price: $8.00

Waltz -- Grieg

Length: 2:00
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Easy Available in 3 instrumentations:

Clarinet Quartet
Sax Quartet
Brass Quartet (2 cor. 2 trb./bar.)

    One of the easier Lyric Pieces, this is a nice way to introduce your younger players to ensemble music. Descriptions of the available instrumentations follow.

    Clarinet quartet (1,2,3 or Alto, Bass). This easy quartet only goes up to a G above the staff for the first part and the second to an F. The third to tuning note C or the optional Alto to a G above the staff. The bass goes up to top space E-flat.

    Sax quartet. If your top alto can play a high D, the rest of the parts are quite easy. The baritone goes up to a Bb.

    Brass quartet. 2 cornets, 2 trombones (or baritone). This version is rated Medium-Easy rather the just Easy due to the range required. It's more for more advanced JH brass players because of the this. The first cornet goes up to an E, while the first trombone goes to an E. The second trombone (baritone) goes down to low G.

Price:  $8.00

Allegretto -- Beethoven

Length: 4:00
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: Medium Available in 3 instrumentations:

Clarinet Quartet
Sax Quartet
Trombone Quartet

    This arrangement of the slow movement from the Opus 14 #1 Piano Sonata lets all the players stand out at different times. Rhythms are easy for all instruments.

    The clarinet quartet (1,2,3 or Alto, Bass) can be played by advanced JH students as well as young HS players. The first part goes to a high C, and the second to an A. The third part to a D on the staff while the optional Alto part goes to a high B. The Bass goes down to low Eb's.

    The sax quartet can also be played by advanced JH students. The first also ranges to a high D, and the second to a B. The tenor also goes to a B and the Baritone down to an F.

    The trombone quartet is High School level (Med. to Med. Adv.) because of range. The first goes to a high Bb, and the second to a high G. The fourth goes down to a Db below the staff.

Price:  $8.00

Moderato -- F. Schubert

Length: 6:00
Instrumentation:

DIFFICULTY: INTERMEDIATE-to-DIFFICULT
Instrumentation:

Clarinet 1, 2, 3 or Alto, Bass Clarinet

Available only for clarinet quartet (1st, 2nd, 3rd or Alto, and Bass), this arrangement of the beautiful first movement of the Third Piano Sonata will challenge your HS clarinets while they perform a great piece of music. The first part goes up to a high D, second to a C, third to an A (high E for Alto) and the bass from low F to top of the staff F.

Price: $8.00

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